Video 5: Watch Leslie use the Write-About-Reading template to have students practice reading visuals in nonfiction picture books.

Lesson 17. Mine Maps, Charts, and Other Visuals

• Prompts for Understanding Visuals
• Write-About-Reading Template: Visuals + Text = Better Understanding
• Excerpt to Write About: “A Hot Topic” From Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Kathy Furgang

Lesson 18. Read Digital and Print Efficiently

• Prompts for Reading Digital and Print Efficiently
• Write-About-Reading Template: On the Search!
• Excerpt to Write About: “Drought in the Plains” From The Dust Bowl by Rebecca Langston-George